νουμηνία

noumenia

new moon : the first of the month

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Metaphysics 3
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Book Ε 2
Chapter 2 1026a33–1027a28

1027a25
1027a26
Book Κ 1
Chapter 12 1068a8–1069a14

1069a1
Oeconomica 3
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Book II 3
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1351b16
1353b1
1353b4
Physics 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 3 226b18–227b2

227a5

Dictionary (LSJ)

νουμηνία, ἡ, Att. contr. for νεομηνία (which occurs in Pi. N. 4.35, Hdt. 6.57 (pl.), PMag.Leid.W. 1.28,9.43 (pl.), Gal. 14.298):—also νευμηνία, SIG 1106.19 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.) ; νεμονηΐα, GDI 5015.28, al. (Crete) ; νομενία, PCair.Zen. 167.5 (iii B.C.):—A. new moon : the first of the month, Pi.l. c., Antipho Fr. 58 (pl.), Ar. Eq. 43, Ach. 999 (pl.), etc. ; ν. κατὰ σελήνην to denote the true or natural new moon, as opp. to the νουμηνία of the calendars, Th. 2.28 ; also ἡ κατὰ θεὸν ν. PMag.Par. 1.787, 2389 ; ν. τοῦ ἔτους, of the spring equinox, Ptol. Tetr. 91.

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